2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Orthodontics/Orthodontology in the Plains States Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Orthodontics/Orthodontology is the 910th most popular major in the country with 295 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 43 orthodontics/orthodontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 orthodontics/orthodontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in orthodontics/orthodontology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their orthodontics/orthodontology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Orthodontics/Orthodontology in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend A T Still University of Health Sciences. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Kirksville, Missouri, and it awarded 5 masters’s orthodontics/orthodontology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Orthodontics/Orthodontology at A T Still University of Health Sciences
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the Plains States Region list. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small school located in Rochester, Minnesota that handed out 1 masters’s orthodontics/orthodontology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Mayo Clinic School of Medicine Orthodontics/Orthodontology Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #3 spot on the list. Iowa is a public institution located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Orthodontics/Orthodontology at University of Iowa
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
